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Home I am a civil servant The Civil Service Code

I am a civil servant

The Civil Service Code

A new Civil Service Code was published on 6 June 2006.

The Civil Service Code was introduced in 1996 and sets out the duties and responsibilities of civil servants. The new Code is the result of work between the Government and the Civil Service Commissioners. The aim has been to make the new Code more relevant and accessible to all civil servants, whatever their jobs and wherever they work. It is also more outward facing in terms of its customers than the previous version.

• Civil Service Code HTML version
• Civil Service Code Word version [DOC 67.5KB, 5 pages]
• Civil Service Code PDF version [PDF 41KB, 2 pages]
• Press Notice - New Civil Service Code fuses dynamism with traditional values [External website]
• Letter from the Cabinet Secretary and the First Civil Service Commissioner on the new Code [PDF 41KB, 1 page]
• Summary of responses to the consultation on the new Code [PDF 721KB, 24 pages]

Hard copies of the Code can be obtained from your HR department or by sending an email request to:
civilservicecode@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk or by telephone: 020 7276 2451 / 2454 / 2452